HA 605 - Healthcare Organizational Behavior and Leadership

With a dynamic industry such as healthcare, leaders need to challenge themselves to discover new and innovative approaches to achieve effectiveness within complex organizational structures and settings. This course will examine organizational behavior and leadership from an individual perspective, group perspective, and institutional perspective. More specifically, this course will address topics such as diversity, attitudes, communication, motivation, power versus leadership, theories of leadership, managing stress in the workplace, decision-making, conflict management and negotiation skills, group dynamics, teams and team building, organizational development, change management, strategy and structure, and organizational culture.
Prerequisite(s): HA 518 normally taken prior to this course; however, the MHA Director may make an exception.
Fulfills: 4+1
Credits: 3